[Nevermind] Gun control is nothing! Control the food, control the people!

[Midgard Eagle]

Oh, and I just noticed something. Next time, when you see this:

http://www.naturalnews.com/030418_Fo...Act_seeds.html

...you know in advance you're looking at lies and conspiracy theories from Big Alternative. The whole site is a propaganda mouthpiece, basically.

it may not seem sensible until you factor in the corporate lobbyists who would profit quite a bit from a food monopoly

...nooo, actually, even ruling in such eventualities, it still does not seem sensible to me, but to each their own.

Let me guess. Your definition of sensible rules out covert plans to sterilize and reduce the population, and make profits over selling terminator seeds.

Yes. I consider neither sensible.

 

[dominatr]

Do you think I could get a link to this? I'd very much like to see that.



Let me guess. Your definition of sensible rules out covert plans to sterilize and reduce the population, and make profits over selling terminator seeds.

Im not too sure about the population reduction, but the seeds absolutely, that's why major agricultural corporations bought the minor ones to have a greater control and therefore generate more profit.

 

[Rashiminos]

Yes. I consider neither sensible.

Take the seeds up with Monsanto then.

 

[BasketCase]

Do you think I could get a link to this? I'd very much like to see that.

There is none. My info on plant absorbtion of radioactive elements doesn't come from the web--it comes from a book. Made of actual paper.

It's called "Nature's Building Blocks" by John Emsley. It's basically just an encyclopedia of all the elements in the periodic table, with lots of interesting info on each. Really dry reading, but I like it.

An example from the book: if your local environment gets nuked and is contaminated with strontium-90, oranges and corn are two of the safest foods you can eat. Lettuce, cabbage, and onions, on the other hand, absorb one hundred to two hundred times more strontium than oranges and corn. Bean crops also seem to absorb a lot of strontium, whereas grains generally don't. The book has descriptions of this for many radioactive elements. Unfortunately, different plants have widely varying habits when it comes to taking up radioactive crap, so there doesn't seem to be a hard and fast safety rule. With animals, however, radioactive elements tend to concentrate in the bones and liver. And here's a surprise: gallium-67 prefers to concentrate in cancerous tissue!

 

[Rashiminos]

There is none. My info on plant absorbtion of radioactive elements doesn't come from the web--it comes from a book. Made of actual paper.

An example from the book: if your local environment gets nuked and is contaminated with strontium-90, oranges and corn are two of the safest foods you can eat. Lettuce, cabbage, and onions, on the other hand, absorb one hundred to two hundred times more strontium than oranges and corn.

Interesting by coincidence.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Question: If there was a nuclear problem how would you get to that seed bank anyways? I don't think there would be many boats for hire.

 

[BasketCase]

Haven't you ever watched a zombie movie? Salvage. Find a leftover boat and some gas.

 

[Rashiminos]

Question: If there was a nuclear problem how would you get to that seed bank anyways? I don't think there would be many boats for hire.

If there "was?" If? There's been quite a few explosions in the last century.

 

[Cutlass]

Question: If there was a nuclear problem how would you get to that seed bank anyways? I don't think there would be many boats for hire.

We'll build sailing ships.

 

[Cheetah]

You guys really aren't going to let my mistake of a thread die in peace, are you?

Oh, well. Learned something new about plants at least.

 

[BasketCase]

You guys really aren't going to let my mistake of a thread die in peace, are you?

Of course not, this is Off Topic. Weak threads are pounced on and devoured by hungry threadators......

 

[Rashiminos]

Of course not, this is Off Topic. Weak threads are pounced on and devoured by hungry threadators......

I'm not sure I would describe it in that fashion, if I was you.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Haven't you ever watched a zombie movie? Salvage. Find a leftover boat and some gas.

Then end up on an unknown island with even more zombies.
EDIT: There so needs to be Dawn of the Dead 2: Dead island: movie

 

[Oerdin]

Natural News is a conspiracy theory website and you should take its interpretation of the law with a grain of salt.

Wikipedia has details on the bill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Safety_and_Modernization_Act

Yeah, this site prints lots of garbage. "They will outlaw gardening!!11111ONE"

 

[Bugfatty300]

I just thought it was stupid that many people in the US are very vocal about protecting their guns

Nothing stupid about that. It's not like Americans aren't vocal about protecting other rights.

 

[LucyDuke]

You guys really aren't going to let my mistake of a thread die in peace, are you?

Oh, well. Learned something new about plants at least.

Mods would put it down if you asked.